Welcome to our health and wellbeing category, where we bring you the latest updates and information on all aspects of physical and mental health.
More than 4,000 people have died while homeless in the UK since 2019, according to campaigners, many in unregulated taxpayer-funded ‘exempt’ accommodation. Research by the Museum of Homelessness (MoH) shows the number of people dying while homeless in the UK reached 1313 in 2022, an 85% increase over 2019. The survey asked for the first…
As part of The Welsh Government’s action plan for ‘Environment Regulation of Overflows” which covers the ongoing and forthcoming work to improve the current regulatory approaches, a report was due to be published on storm overflows by March 2023, this has yet to be published. Commenting, Welsh Conservative Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Janet Finch-Saunders MS…
A MOTHER-of-one who had a cardiac arrest in her sleep has paid tribute to her quick-thinking husband and the ambulance crew who saved her life. Leah Lewis, 30, from Merthyr Tydfil, woke husband Jordan in the early hours of the morning by ‘snoring’ – but after several attempts to rouse her, she would not wake….
Commenting on the news that, in Wales, less than half of patients at risk of irreversible eye harm are being seen within target, Welsh Conservative Shadow Health Minister, Russell George MS said: “This is another clear example of Labour’s failure to bear down on Wales’ excessive waiting lists, risking serious harm to patients. “Over half of patients…
So many of the articles and news stories we see in the media are about the dire state of the Welsh NHS. It has been this way for several years as our health service has in my view, been mismanaged by the Labour Government in Cardiff Bay. A prime example would be the handling of…
Commenting on the announcement that the NHS Wales Executive will come into force tomorrow, Welsh Conservative Shadow Health Minister Russell George MS is calling on the Welsh Government make the organisation independent of government. He said: “This is just another layer of bureaucracy for our Welsh NHS. To really solve the problems that people face…
A Blue Plaque in memory of Welsh sports administrator and keep fit leader Jenny Jones has been unveiled at Morlais Hall, Ferndale. Jenny Jones was secretary of the South Wales Keep Fit Association in 1956, secretary and development officer of the Sports Council for Wales in 1975, representing Keep Fit Wales and was also responsible…
The first dates for the Emergency Medical Retrieval and Transfer Services (EMRTS Cymru) engagement sessions have been announced by the Chief Ambulance Services Commissioner (CASC), responsible for leading the all-Wales engagement process. The formal public engagement process, in relation to EMRTS Cymru who work in partnership with the Wales Air Ambulance Charity, has started this…
NHS Wales has published a new report detailing the good progress being made to investigate and learn from hospital-acquired COVID-19 in Wales. Established in April 2022, the National Nosocomial COVID-19 Programme is supporting NHS Wales organisations to carry out a review of nosocomial (hospital-acquired) COVID-19 patient safety incidents that occurred between March 2020 and April…
NHS figures show that performance remains far behind England in tackling treatment waiting lists, while ambulance and A&E waits show little improvement compared to last year. Nearly a quarter (24%) of the Welsh population is on a waiting list, with the number of people waiting over two years for treatment now at 41,103, despite such…
